Informatica Corporation, which sells data integration software and services, has announced that Informatica On Demand Data Loader Service was voted "The Best Data Integration Tool of 2008" by Salesforce.com (News - Alert) customers, having garnered more four and five star reviews than any other integration application in its category on the Force.com AppExchange.

More than 100 companies around the world now use Informatica On Demand. The product is designed to integrate Salesforce CRM applications and Force.com platform with back office systems. Ron Papas, general manager, Informatica On Demand, said the vendor now offers a range of cloud-based integration services.

Based on Informatica data integration technology, Informatica On Demand is a cloud-based data integration service letting Salesforce CRM customers automate and monitor the synchronization of their enterprise data with their Salesforce CRM and Force.com applications. The company's services are multi-tenant and require "minimal IT resources to implement and manage," the Informaticians promise. The on demand services or data integration platform can be deployed stand-alone or in conjunction with other Informatica products for data integration.

A couple months ago TMC reported that Kerensen Consulting partnered with Informatica On Demand to "accelerate Salesforce.com implementation."

Kerensen and Informatica On Demand agreed to join their offer on the Cloud Computing market. With Informatica's on-demand integration application and Kerensen's Salesforce experience, officials of both firms believe they now can offer Salesforce.com customers "a complete package for their CRM needs."

Informatica On Demand is comprised of the flagship On Demand Data Synchronization Service for synchronization between Salesforce CRM and back-end systems, the On Demand Data Replication Service to replicate Salesforce CRM data inside firewalls for archival, reporting and analytics purposes, the On Demand Data Quality Assessment Service to detect and monitor data quality issues such as duplication and missing data and the On Demand Data Loader Service, a free starter service for customers looking to import, export and synchronize their Salesforce CRM and Force.com data.

Informatica On Demand services are generally available on a subscription basis, starting at $500 per month, with a 30-day free trial.